Sebastian Vettel Wins a Great F1 2011 Opener in Australia

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Published: March 27, 2011

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I must admit I was concerned after qualifying that we would get a bit of a dull race this afternoon, but thankfully the Australian GP delivered, and the 2011 Formula One season has started with a bang.

Now I’m not saying that this race was a stunner, because to be frank, it wasn’t. However, I think there was enough action at key moments to prevent this from being a dull procession.

I also think great performances from the likes of Fernando Alonso, Vitaly Petrov, the McLarens, and new boy Sergio Perez all contributed to a worthy opener to the 2011 account.

The race was gripping from the start.

Mark Webber passed Lewis Hamilton as the cars pulled away, but the McLaren driver stormed back into P2 after a lovely first corner.  Felipe Massa had a rocket start as well, slotting up into P5.

Meanwhile, Alonso wasn’t able to hold onto a decent start and found himself going wide into turn one and dropping back to P9!

A small collision between Jamie Alguersuari and Michael Schumacher forced both men into the pits and as the drivers crossed the line after the first lap, the positions were as follows:

Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber, Vitaly Petrov, Felipe Massa, Jenson Button, Nico Rosberg, Kamui Kobayashi, Fernando Alonso, Paul di Resta, Sebastien Buemi, Adrian Sutil, Nick Heidfeld, Sergio Perez, Rubens Barrichello, Heikki Kovalainen, Pastor Maldonado, Jarno Trulli, Jerome d’Ambrosio, Timo Glock, Jamie Alguersuari, Michael Schumacher

By lap two, Alonso had begun to move in the right direction by easily dispatching Kamui Kobayashi; TV cameras missed this though as we were now all concentrating on a huge fight between Massa and Jenson Button.

The Ferrari had managed to slot in just in front of Button off the start, but the McLaren was a much faster car.

It was simply great to see these two old rivals (the teams I mean, ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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